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Player's Choice Awards 2011: Nominations

Brakspear_NA

By Brakspear_NA,
Posted on: 2011-10-09 11:47 in Mission Architect

 

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It's time once again for the third annual Player's Choice Awards. For those of you who are disappointed with some of the exclusions of the Dev awards, these Architect Awards are from the players and by the players. Last year ran pretty smoothly so this year will be essentially the same, but I'm open to suggestions for improvements. As usual, this is the thread to nominate arcs of others, rather than try to promote your own arcs. Choose any categories you want to nominate an arc for, or choose arcs for all of them. Spread the word! Feel free to use the link http://tinyurl.com/2011PlayersChoice to this thread. And if you're not sure what arcs to nominate check this thread for ideas.

Rules for Nominations

  • You may nominate an arc for any or all categories.
  • The following arcs are prohibited from nominations: your own arcs, Dev Choice, Hall of Fame, any arc published before 10/1/10 (arc ID# below 454172).
  • You may, as your nomination, second someone's previous nomination. This will move the arc ahead to the voting round. Nominations beyond a second are unnecessary.
  • If you nominate an arc, and it becomes a Dev Choice, that nomination will be removed and you may nominate a different arc in its place.
  • An arc will only be allowed in one category. If there is any question as to which category an arc should be placed, it will be decided by the judges and/or the author.
  • If the author of an arc feels that it has been nominated in the wrong category, they can contact me to request a change and it will be discussed by the judges and changed if necessary.
  • This thread will be open for nominations until November 4.
  • I reserve the right to adjust these rules should any questions arise.

Categories

This year's categories are as follows:
  • Best Arc - Villainous or Rogue
  • Best Arc - Heroic or Vigilante
  • Best Arc - Comedy
  • Best Lowbie Arc: designed for levels 20 or lower


Judging

Each category will be narrowed down to five arcs by the following guidelines:
  • All arcs with a seconded nomination
  • If there are more than five arcs with seconded nominations, those arcs will be narrowed down to five by me.

Prizes
  • A voting thread will be posted no later than November 7th
  • The winner for each category will receive a 1 minute teaser trailer for their arc created by me, if they wish.
  • Further prizes are TBD.

Current list of nominations:

Best Arc - Villainous or Rogue

Grunty McFisterson's Two Step Guide to Winning Respect (#519044) by @Twoflower
Interdimensional Headache #459592
Tangled Vines #480712 by @Suspicious Gren
Arena #456200 by @FredrikSvanberg

Best Arc - Heroic or Vigilante

Legacy of a Rogue #459586
The Ouroboros Chronicles: the Tales of Nemesis" by @Neon Rider #522236
When The Words Stop (#494099) by @Clave_Dark_5
A Very Special Episode #457506 by @Wrong Number
A Mosaic of Shattered Dreams #497506 by Avonlea

Best Arc - Comedy

Whack a Mole: Lambda Sector (#508837) by @Bubbawheat
Crime is Art and Art is Crime by @Twoflower Arc ID: 517859

Best Lowbie Arc: designed for levels 20 or lower

Tutorial Arc 3: Dark Harvest #470181
The Blue Devils #468738 by @Flame Kitten (aka Coulomb2)
Cole in Your Stocking #474611 by @Venture

 

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Best Lowbie Arc:

The Blue Devils #468738 by @Flame Kitten (aka Coulomb2)

 

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Just a little over a week left, come on - bring on the nominations! If you're not sure what to nominate try some arcs over here!

 

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Is anyone still planning on nominating? I'd really hope to not have to drop down to one or two categories.

Actually, I'm going to go ahead and drop it down to 4 for now. Best Custom Group Design and Best Short Arc have been removed. If you were considering nominating an arc for one of these categories, they should still be able to fit into one of the remaining categories.

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bubbawheat View Post
Is anyone still planning on nominating? I'd really hope to not have to drop down to one or two categories.

Actually, I'm going to go ahead and drop it down to 4 for now. Best Custom Group Design and Best Short Arc have been removed. If you were considering nominating an arc for one of these categories, they should still be able to fit into one of the remaining categories.
I do intend to post some nominations, but I won't have a chance to get to it until early next week.

M.A. Arcs
Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice! )
Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)

 

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Okay, some nominations:

Best Heroic Arc
When The Words Stop (#494099) by @Clave_Dark_5

Why? Of all the arcs I've played this past year (and it hasn't been very many), this one may not have been my absolute favorite, but it certainly stood out in my head as a very unique arc.

Best Villainous Arc
Nothing yet. Can you believe I haven't actually played a single qualifying villain arc this year? (I've played villain arcs, but all of them were published before the cutoff)

Best Lowbie Arc
Another one where I haven't actually played something (well, other than my own arc) that would qualify. Hopefully I'll have some time to play a few tomorrow to make nominations for this and the previous category.

Best Comedy
Whack a Mole: Lambda Sector (#508837) by @Bubbawheat

Why? I've played three arcs this year where comedic moments made me smile, but this is the only one of the three where I was laughing out loud at times. Plus, I really enjoy the incarnate trials, I've run Lambda more times than I care to count, and this arc is a very good satire of that trial.


Now an "honorable mention":

If Best Customs hadn't been eliminated, I'd have been nominating A Very Special Episode #457506 by @Wrong_Number for it - the custom groups and characters really *are* pretty clever, and I certainly like the arc. So consider it a nomination if @Bubbawheat brings the category back - or if not, perhaps someone else would like to nominate it for Best Heroic, since I only get one nomination. *Wink wink*

M.A. Arcs
Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice! )
Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)

 

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Best Villainous Arc

Grunty McFisterson's Two Step Guide to Winning Respect (#519044) by @Twoflower

Why? Okay, really, I do think 'best lowbie' is a slightly better fit, but it is a villain arc, and there is nothing nominated there right now. For what it's worth, if Bubbawheat would prefer to put it under lowbie (and that *is* what Twoflower originally suggested as the category) I'm fine with that. In any case, it was a fun, cute, well-written villain arc. A 'nice spot of violence, if you will.'

M.A. Arcs
Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice! )
Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)

 

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I hope I'm not to late to name drop, but I've been away recently and these categories need some more fodder.

I'm going to nominate Crime is Art and Art is Crime by @Twoflower Arc ID: 517859 for best comedy arc; just finished it, it's really well done from concept to execution.

I know I've played other arcs recently, let me see if I can dredge something up from my memory... the only other arc that I can recall playing and liking enough to remember (funny how that works out) was The Final days of a Galaxy (#519444 ) by @Neon Rider. There are probably better arcs out there, but this was one I know and I think it worked for what it was going after. I'll drop it onto the 'heroic' dog track, although I seem to recall it was marked neutral.

 

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I would like to nominate

A Very Special Episode #457506

For best Heroic.

 

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thanks for adding in some more nominations. Still one more day to nominate, then I'll add the rest of my nominations to make sure the categories are all decently full for voting.

 

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I would like to nominate in the Heroic Arc category :

A Mosaic of Shattered Dreams #497506 by Avonlea

 

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And nominations are now closed. I'll finish out the nominations by adding the following arcs:

Cole in Your Stocking #474611 by @Venture - lowbie
Tangled Vines #480712 by @Suspicious Gren- Villainous/Rogue
Arena #456200 by @FredrikSvanberg - Villainous/Rogue